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Excerpt from The Future of Northern Wisconsin Well, I meet just such men in Chicago, and not infrequently in the capital and metropolis Of our own State. I am ready to in form such people that we in the north need no pity; that we are proud Of the whole State; and that we believe the northern half Of it is steadily advancing to a position in which, in pro duction of the fruits Of the earth, Of the staples necessary to the sustenance and comfort of man, in the products of mines and forests, in commerce, and in the possession of a cultivated and enlightened citizenship, it will not suffer by comparison with the southern portion. SO I will premise by the statement that I am enthusiastic over the development of northern Wisconsin, and exceedingly hopeful of its future. The line which separates what may be called northern and southern Wisconsin is not definite. It seems fair to divide the seventy counties of the State equally, and this can be done by taking Brown, Shawano, Marathon, Portage, Wood, Clark, Trempealeau, and all the counties north of these. For the north ern half. These thirty-five counties comprise acres as against acres in the southern portion. The population in this northern territory in was in 1880 it had increased to in 1895 it was Several counties were almost uninhabited twenty years ago. The population of Douglas county in 1880 was only 655; in 1895 it was and is now much larger. That of Ashland was then now Each of these counties now contains a large city, important as centers of commerce and promising much in the future. At the close of the War of Secession, Eau Claire county had a population of in it was and it now con tains a city which is the great railroad and commercial center of the northwestern part of the State. Lincoln county started in 1880 with a population of and has increased eight fold. Its county seat, Merrill, is a ourishing manufacturing town. Marinette has trebled its population' 1n twenty years; its county seat, in connection with its sister across the river in Michigan, enjoys the distinction of being the greatest lumbering manufacturing district in the world. Where was a wilderness only twenty years ago, will now be found a city of about a hotel costing an elegant opera house; and modern luxuries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."